5-2 Updates ~ 09/30

Hello 5-2 Parents ~

While the temperatures were colder and drizzly outside today, they were much warmer in the classroom!  With the fluctuating temperatures, it can be challenging to figure out what to wear on a daily basis!  As the weather begins to turn colder, please be sure that your child has appropriate outerwear.  We will be going outside for recess everyday, unless it is raining.  They need to be dressed warm enough to be outside for 30 minutes at a time.  It’s also a good idea to label ALL outwear – gloves, hats, scarves, coats, boots – with their names.  It would amaze you how many items end up unclaimed in the lost and found!  At the same time, it can get pretty warm in our classroom at times - layers are always the best!

Mid-term Grades ~ It's hard to believe, but we're already halfway through the first trimester!!  I will be sending home mid-term grade reports this week for you to sign and return.  The purpose of these grade reports is not only to communicate their progress to both you and your child, but also to continue to encourage your child to take ownership of their grades.  If your child is not pleased with their grades, please encourage them to come to me to discuss how to improve their grades.  Students are encouraged to ask for a mid-term at any time during the term or year.  I believe this helps students to take ownership of their learning and success, and it also helps them to understand how their choices can have a direct impact on their grades.

Tenth Inning ~ We had our first Tenth Inning Celebration today...and the kids had a blast!!  Students were able to choose from a variety of activities:  indoor games, arts & crafts, online games, and an outdoor recess.  We are so proud of those students who earned the reward of our Tenth Inning celebration!  An additional bonus of a Tenth Inning HW pass was given to those students who didn't receive any strikes at all during the month of September!  We started a new month, which means a clean slate for everyone...hoping to see everyone at the end of the month celebration :)

Important Dates

International Walk to School Day ~ Wednesday, October 5th - Encourage your child to walk to school on Tuesday in celebration of International Walk to School Day!  Our staff will be at a number of pick-up points throughout the neighborhoods, looking forward to walking to school with your children :)  See the Olive Blog for pick-up points, and join us for the walk!

Re-enactment ~ Thursday, October 6th - Permission slips came home last week. If you have not returned it yet, please sign and return as soon as possible.  The Re-enactment is an interactive demonstration of life during colonial times set up in the field at our Administration Office.  It is conveniently scheduled near the beginning of our Revolutionary War unit, and serves as an excellent introduction to the unit.  Students will have the opportunity to interact with pioneers living on the frontier during this time period to gain a unique perspective of what life was like during the Revolutionary War.  Always a favorite for the 5th graders!  

SIP Day (No School) ~ Friday, October 7th

Columbus Day (No School) ~ Monday, October 10th

Service Learning Club ~ Wednesday, October 12th ~ Permission slips for Service Learning Club went home last week.  This club meets at lunch on every other Wednesday at lunch, sometimes more frequently, to plan activities that support our community.  Some of our past events include planning the Veteran's Day Assembly, fundraiser for the Buddy Foundations, blankets for children in the hospital, and the Fill the Nest food drive.  If you would like your child to participate, and they did not bring home a permission slip, please let me know and I'll send them another one.

Open House ~ Thursday, October 20th at 6:30pm - please plan to enjoy us for an evening at our annual Open House!  Students have fun showing their parents around the classroom and building, and it's a great chance for a chat :)

Math

My math class began to work on computation in unit 2 this week, as well as making magnitude estimates.  With this unit, students have assignments on Khan Academy.  While they do have time in class to complete these assignments, it would be a great idea if they continued to practice their skills on Khan at home.  They will be assessed on their progress on the skills learned on Khan at the end of this unit.  Please continue to encourage the students to practice addition, subtraction, and multiplication with decimals and their multiplication facts.  

Social Studies

Students took their Unit 11 Assessment today on Loyalists and Patriots.  Look for these assessments to come home on Monday for a sign and return.

Next week, we will begin our last Social Studies unit for this term - Unit 12 on the Declaration of Independence.  During this unit, students will have an opportunity to debate whether or not our country should have declared independence.  They will take the side of a Loyalist or a Patriot, and use chapters 10-12 for evidence to support their opinion.  It always proves to be a lively time in 5-2!  

Reading

Your children are developing such a love for learning in our new reading program!  Since the texts are self-selected, they are more motivated to read.  I also encourage students to create book clubs with their peers, and they have been doing an amazing job challenging one another and self-assigning chapters.  Please continue to encourage your child to read at least 20 minutes at home every night, and to record their thinking in their Reading Notebooks.  They should also be recording the length of time they read at home and how many pages they read during that time.  We're trying to help the students become aware of how many pages they typically read in a 20 minute period.  We will use that information to help set goals.  

I have also finished benchmarking your children's reading level in Fountas & Pinnell.  I will be meeting with each of your children in the next couple of weeks to share their independent reading level.  This level will help students to choose books at their appropriate reading level, and we will use the information to set reading goals.  When you visit the AHML, use their reading level to help select books - the staff at the library can help you determine the level of each of the books on their shelves. If you would like to know your child's reading level sooner, please just email me and I'll send it to you.  The on-level reading levels are S-T for 5th Grade.

Students have been eagerly sharing their book suggestions in our room whenever they are given the opportunity - I love their excitement!  Today, students learned how to write an excellent Book Talk, and were asked to write one this weekend.  They were also excited to find out they will participate in our Book Talk Fashion Show in 2 weeks!  Your child will need a plain white t-shirt and materials to decorate the t-shirt. 

Writing

This week, we focused on FOCUS in our writing!  Focusing on a moment and focusing on an object creates rich, engaging text for our readers.  Next week, we will take a mini field trip as we learn to focus on setting and sound in our writing.

 “Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. 

Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.” 

~ Rosaleen Dickson

As always, should you need anything at all, please don't hesitate to contact me!  Have a delightful weekend :)

Cheers ~

Theresa Fowler

5-2 Updates ~ 09/24/16

Hello 5-2 Parents ~

Hope you are all enjoying this first weekend of fall!!  

Shout out to Rachel Rafik for winning the HOOT lunch award with Mrs. FitzPatrick and Ms. Davis for 5th grade this week!!  To earn this award, you need to earn at least one HOOT for behavior that goes above and beyond expectations, then once a month they draw only one name from all the 5th graders who earned an award...and our very own Rachel's name was drawn!  Congratulations, Rachel!!

We celebrated Jeremy Allen's birthday this week with our traditional 5-2 birthday celebration - if you haven't seen the picture below to see how we celebrate our friends' birthdays, scroll down!  Our birthday boy took the spotlight as all the students in the room shouted out how they would describe him, and I recorded them on the board behind him.  And yes - those are all compliments according to Jeremy ;)  Happy 11th birthday, Jeremy!!

Important Dates

Cultural Arts Assembly ~ Tuesday, 10/04 ~ Thanks to the PTA, our students will be entertained and educated at an assembly about "Honest Abe!"

International Walk to School Day ~ Wednesday, 10/05.  This event aims to encourage healthier habits, bring awareness to the environment, and promote safe routes to school.  We hope many OMS families will join us on this day as well as consider this a preferred option for getting to and from school, weather permitting, throughout the school year.  OMS teachers and staff will walk with students along each of these routes.  Join us on one of the following walk-to-school routes!  Starting time and place is indicated.

*In case of inclement weather, we will send a SchoolMessenger email around 8am indicating the event will be rescheduled to the rain date of Oct. 6th.

Re-enactment ~ Thursday, October 6th - Our 5th graders will have an opportunity to take a step back in time to 1776 and visit a frontier camp!  Traditionally, we have had this Re-enactment on the Olive field, but we had to move the event due to the construction.  This year, we will be traveling to the field next to our administration offices on Dunton by bus.  This is such an exciting experience for the 5th graders as they get to meet with and learn from several re-enactors from that time period.  From militia members to school teachers, they learn what life was like on the frontier at that time.  Permission slips went home this week - please just sign and return the form with $3.25 before Friday.  Thank you!

Math

Unit 1 Assessments were taken on Thursday, and were sent home on Friday to be signed and returned.  I have students attach their Self-Assessments to the test, and I have them record the score they believe they will receive after they complete the test.  It's a great opportunity to reflect on their study skills, and their ability to monitor their learning.  Take the opportunity to discuss the score they received, and the score they thought they earned.  I was impressed with the number of students who hit their number perfectly :)  We started Unit 2 - Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication Algorithms on Friday with a pre-test.  Please have your child practice their multiplication facts at home on Everyday Math Facts Dash.  Automaticity with math facts is critical in 5th grade as the concepts we teach demand they know their facts.  I've discussed this with the students I've noticed still struggling to recall their facts.  As I tell them, 5th grade math will be very challenging if they don't know their facts well. 

Social Studies

As you saw, we finished Unit 10 in Social Studies with a test on Monday.  I was truly impressed with their scores on this test!  The average score was a 92%A - the highest I've ever seen on the 1st content area test!  This tells me that the students heeded my warning to study, and used the study strategies we discussed in class - give your child on the back!  Learning how to study well for assessments is a learned skill, and clearly your children have learned that well!  

We started Unit 11 on Tuesday - a closer look at some of the famous loyalists and patriots who impacted our decision to declare independence prior to the Revolutionary War.  Students are expected know these 6 historical figures, their arguments for or against independence, and the actions they took to defend or oppose independence.  They completed an organizer last week, and I've posted the key so students are studying the correct information.  They are also working on creating Debate Cards in Google Draw to help prepare them for the Unit 11 Assessment.  The Debate Cards are due on Tuesday, 9/27, but they should be working on them at home this weekend.  The Unit 11 Assessment is scheduled for Friday, 9/30.

Reading

We continue to practice routines in our Schoolwide curriculum, and we are growing in our ability to have a conversation about what we read.  I continue to be impressed at the depth with which your students discuss characters and events in the stories we read aloud.  We also reflected on our reading conversations, discussing the difference between loud and softer voices in conversations and how they can be sure all voices are heard in these conversations.  Ask your child who they consider themselves to be - a louder voice or a quieter voice.  Either way, your children are working hard to be sure everyone has input into the conversation!  They continue to be expected to read 20 minutes per night and record their thinking.  Please be sure your child allows time in their schedule to read!  This week, we will add a Reading Log to the expectation, where they will record the number of pages and minutes they record every night.

Grammar & Spelling... & Vocabulary!

As you may have noticed, your child has been assigned nightly spelling assignments on Spelling City and grammar assignments on No Red Ink.  These are engaging sites that allow me to differentiate instruction based on your child's performance.  Each week, students are pre-tested on the spelling and grammar lessons on Monday.  If they demonstrate an understanding on the pre-test, they are advanced to challenging lists and concepts.  We provide challenge lists for students on a weekly basis rather than for the entire year - this way we differentiate each student's instruction to their individual needs.  If you have not seen these sites yet, just ask your child to log on and show you what they've been working on.  These sites are fun and engaging for the students!  Spelling City offers exciting online games to practice their spelling words and No Red Ink allows students to pick "favorites" from a huge selection of lists - from their favorite TV show to their favorite hobby.  Then the grammar practice sentences are created using their indicated favorites.  So much fun!

This week, we will add weekly Vocabulary activities and assessments.  Just as with grammar and spelling, they will pre-test on the words and advance to the challenge if they score perfectly on the test.

Edmodo

As you are aware, much of our daily work is completed on Edmodo.  You may have logged on to see some of the work they are involved in, and perhaps noticed some late assignments.  Please know that many of their assignments are completed in small groups, so one member will submit the work, leaving the other members appearing as if they did not submit the assignment.  I do grade those group assignments and post them on each of their accounts, but in the interim it may look as if your child did not submit an assignment.  Many of these assignments are also classwork only, and do not go home as homework.  If a student doesn't finish the assignment in class, I will give them time to complete the assignment the next day in class.  Again, it may appear as if their assignment is late.  Students also may show a late assignment if they have not correctly turned in their assignment, but it doesn't necessarily mean they have not completed the assignment.  We're still fine tuning our training on Edmodo, though I think most of the students have mastered how to use it!

The assignment notebook is where homework assignments are recorded.  If your child has a late assignment, you will receive notification with a late slip and strike sheet.  If you have NOT received one of these sheets, assume that your child does not have a late assignment, even though Edmodo may show a late assignment

Edmodo is a great place to check out some of the things your child is working on in class, though!  If you are not familiar with Edmodo, have your child log you on and show you around.  You can find assignments, grades, and feedback.  You will also find study guides for assessment, and other helpful information I share with students in 5-2!

Sketchnoting/Visual Notetaking

Your children were introduced to sketchnoting or visual note taking as a way to take notes this week.  Studies have proven that students who add pictures, shapes, or other visual elements to their note taking actually have greater focus and retention.  It requires them to synthesize the information they are hearing or reading, and process it more deeply as they record it in visual way.  We practiced the skill together in small groups with a social studies content book titled George vs George.  Then, we had a couple of days of mandatory sketchnoting in the classroom this week - in other words, I told them they had to take notes using this strategy for two days to give them practice.  Since this strategy for taking notes appeal to some students more than others, going forward, they know they can use a more traditional method of taking notes or they can sketchnote.  So, don't be surprised if your child looks like they are doodling more on their work - it's good for them!

5th Grade Team Building

On Friday afternoon, Mrs. FitzPatrick and Ms. Davis led all of our 5th graders in a team building activity called Curmudgeon Rivver.  Small groups of students had to work together to get from a sinking island to the mainland.  All they had were a few enchanted lily pads to help them cross the Curmudgeon River!  Dodging sharks, biting fish, water snakes and the curmudgeons (Mrs. FitzPatrick and Ms. Davis) we are happy to report all of our 5th graders made it safely to the mainland! 

                         We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, 

                      yet we forget that he is someone today.  ~Stacia Tauscher

As always...if you have any questions or concerns at all, please don't hesitate to contact me!  Enjoy your weekend!

Cheers ~

Theresa Fowler

Happy 11th Birthday, Jeremy

5-2 Updates ~ 09/16/16

Hello 5-2 Families :)

Looks like summer temperatures will be holding on a little longer!  I don't know about you, but I'm ready to see those leaves changing colors :)  Maybe it's because I'm a teacher, but fall is definitely my favorite time of year!

We jumped into curriculum with both feet this week in all content areas...you may have noticed the increase in homework expectations.  If you are noticing more than an hour of homework, your child is probably not using their classroom time wisely.  This is a learned skill, and something we talk about often.  If they're struggling at home with the amount of homework, you may want to reinforce using their independent time in the classroom to complete homework.  If they seem overwhelmed, please include me in the conversation as your child may need some additional support with organization and making choices during work times.

Important Dates and Information:

Picture Day ~ Monday, 09/19 ~ Smile!  Please remember to send in your picture form on Monday!  I've only received a few order forms so far - I don't want anyone to miss the opportunity to order school pictures!

Morning Announcements - If you sent in a permission slip for Morning Announcements, your children were placed on the schedule, but please be aware that there are many children who are interested in participating.  This means you may not see your child on the schedule until well into the school year.  I will attach the schedule to the email this weekend.  You will receive an email from Mrs. Watanuki the Friday before the week your child has duty.  Your child is expected to be here at 8:45 every morning they serve on Morning Announcements.  Some of our 5-2 friends are working on Morning Announcements this week - please check your email!

Maps Testing ~
 You should have received a letter from AHSD this fall about the change in our Assessment calendar.  If you did not, please let me know and I will forward it to you - there are a number of tests specific to 5th grade, and I want you to be aware of how your child will be assessed this year.  Here is the portion about MAPS test for the fall:

The NWEA Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) will be administered to all new students or those in need of progress monitoring in the fall, winter, and spring. In the winter, students in grade 3 will take the math assessment and students in grade 5 will take the reading assessment. Students in other grade levels may take the MAP test for placement into advanced classes. In the spring, all students grades 2 - 8 will take both the reading and math assessments. The computerized format of MAP, aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards, assesses students in both reading and mathematics and is an adaptive test. The toal time for testing in both areas is about two hours. You

may find additional information about MAP testing at the Northwest Evaluation Association’s website -  http://www.nwea.org/.

MAP Administration Dates:

September 12 - September 30

January 3 - January 20

April 17 - May 5

What's Happening in the Classroom

Math

We will be wrapping up Unit 1 this week.  Our last lesson (1.9) is on Monday, then we will spend 2 days reviewing for the assessment.  They will work on a review of concepts in class on Tuesday, then take a Unit 1 Quiz on Wednesday.  We will discuss using the quiz results and a self-assessment to determine if they are ready to take the assessment.  We spend a great deal of time in class discussing the importance of evaluating and reflecting on their own understanding of concepts to determine readiness for assessments, and independently seeking clarification if they are struggling with a concept as a way to promote ownership of their learning.  We find when students evaluate their own learning process, they not only increase responsibility for their learning, but they also increase their assessment scores.  You may want to spend some time this week assisting your child with self-evaluation of math concepts.  Unit 1 Assessment is Thursday, 9/22.  

Social Studies
We spent the week diving deeper into the events that led up to the Revolutionary War, and grew in our understanding of the opposing perspectives of the colonists and the British. Your children debated who was at fault, and arrived at the decision that they were both right and both wrong.  I was impressed with their connections to conflicts in their own lives - there are two perspectives to every disagreement.  

Your child worked this week creating a poster about one specific event that led to the Revolutionary War, and reviewing for the Unit 10 Assessment on Monday, 09/19.  We discussed several study strategies, including re-reading the chapter, reviewing the organizers posted on Edmodo, and creating flashcards for the vocabulary words.

Reading
We began our new Schoolwide Literacy Program this week by learning about the Reading Workshop Model, and establishing routines and expectations.  One of the focuses of our Launch unit is how to share our thinking as we're reading in a discussion format.  I've been so impressed with the depth with which your children are thinking during our read alouds, and how respectful and thoughtful they have been while sharing their thoughts.  They have been encouraged to share without raising their hands, but to offer their thoughts more naturally in a discussion as a whole group.  This requires they pay close attention to one another in the discussion, waiting for an appropriate time to speak and respond to each other.  The students absolutely loved this new format - ask them about the challenges of having a class discussion, and about why they like it so much!

We set up our Reading Baskets and our Reading Notebooks this week.  Our Reading Baskets are where they keep their Reading Notebooks, Reading Folders, several texts, and a few other supplies while at school.  They are encouraged to keep both fiction and non-fiction books in their baskets, and to include both books they are currently reading and books they would like to read.  Their Reading Notebooks are where they will record notes and information about what they are reading.  The Reading Notebook is divided into 4 sections:  Whole Group, Small Group/Partner, Independent Reading, and Reading Log.  They will be expected to complete a response in their notebook every night, but they do not need to bring the binder home.  They simply need to complete the response and put it in their notebook when the return to school.  Please be sure they are reading every night for at least 20 minutes!

Have a fantastic weekend!

“The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.” – Pablo Casals

5-2 Updates ~ 09/11/16

Hello 5-2 Families :)

We have been having a great time in 5-2 continuing to learn routines and participated in several team building activities.  Hopefully, your child has come home and shared some of these fun activities with you!  Not only have they enjoyed the activities, but they have spurred some excellent reflection on how to work in cooperative groups throughout the year.  Our discussions have included insights on the importance of asking clarifying questions and including everyone's ideas in the process.  

Important Dates and Information:

Morning Announcements - Permissions slips should be coming home this week.  If your child is interested in being on our Morning Announcements team, please read the information carefully, and send in the permission slip.  They will be put on a rotating schedule to serve in one week intervals.  You will be notified when your child is on the Morning Announcement schedule - they are expected to be here at 8:45am during that entire week.

Band ~ Band lesson will begin next week.  If your child signed up for band in the spring, they received information from Mrs. Kuzmanoff last week to bring home to you and you should have received an email with the schedule.  If you have your child's instrument at home, please have them bring it to school on their lesson day.  If you rented an instrument, Mrs. Kuzmanoff will have the instruments for them.  Lessons are scheduled for Mondays, Wednesday, and Thursdays, with the whole band lesson at 8:10 on Wednesday mornings.  Your child will be pulled for 30 minute lessons on a rotating schedule so they are not always pulled from the same subject.  It is important that your child understands they are responsible for making up the work they miss while they are at their band lesson at home.  In other words, on band days, they may have additional homework.

Maps Testing ~ The district has changed our assessment schedule this year.  We will not be taking Fall Maps this year, but 5th grade students will be taking MAPS in January for middle school placement purposes.

Bike Rodeo (re-scheduled) ~ Wednesday, 9/14 ~ 3:35-4:45pm.  Please note the Bike Rodeo is mandatory if your child would like to ride their bike to school.  If they have attended the Bike Rodeo in previous years, they do not need to attend it this year.

Room Rep Meeting ~ Thursday, 9/15 ~ 2-4pm ~ I will be discussing the need for regular copy moms to help us out with the 5th grade copying.  Please let me know if you're interested!

Olive PTA Spirit Wear Sale - continues and runs through 09/16.  To place your order, visit the online store at Heads Up Apparel.  Orders will be taken online only and your items will be delivered to your child's classroom early-mid October.  Samples are on display in the Commons.  

School Pictures ~ Monday, 9/19 ~ Say Cheeeeese!  Picture order forms will be coming home tomorrow.  Please return them to school before picture day!

What's Happening in the Classroom

Math ~ We started Unit 1 this week in math!  We will cover Number Theory concepts in this unit, including factors and products, squaring and un-squaring numbers, prime and composite numbers, and prime factorization.  

As I shared with you on Parent Night, I pre-test the students for every unit.  This allows me to differentiate instruction for each lesson based on the results of the pre-test.  I teach math in a workshop model, so students rotate stations.  In the rotation, they will meet with me for instruction, spend time in their journals, and practice skills on Khan Academy or Everyday Math Online.  If they demonstrate mastery on the pre-test, they will work on enrichment and advanced content; if they demonstrate a need for additional support, I will spend more time in instruction with them.  

I also shared that homework is not graded because it is practice, but it is checked every day.  If students do not demonstrate an understanding of the skills covered on their homework, they will be asked to re-do the assignment.  Encourage your child to work through their homework each night - even if it is a struggle, they should do their best to complete as much of the homework as they can, but not to worry if they cannot finish it.  We do review the homework every morning, so if they do not understand a concept, they will have a chance to discuss it with me.

Most nights, they will have a study link and math boxes for homework - this should take them approximately 20-30 minutes of their nightly 60 minutes of homework.  If you find that your child consistently takes longer than 30 minutes to complete their math homework, please let me know!


Social Studies - We began our unit on the Rising Tensions in the Colonies this week with a "letter" from the PTA limiting all classroom celebrations for the students.  They were angered and immediately began to organize protests and petitions.  Students were writing speeches to present to the PTA Board, and they created signs to protest the restrictions.  Their reactions were priceless!  I almost didn't want to tell them I had tricked them for fear they would revolt on me!  In the end, it was an excellent introduction to the tensions between Britain and the colonies prior to the Revolutionary War as we made connections between the colonists and the students, and the PTA and Britain.  We will continue to study 6 of the major events that led to the Revolutionary War this week as students create posters about the events.


Reading - We learned about 6 different Notice & Note Signposts in reading this week.  A signpost alerts readers to significant moments in a story, encouraging students to read closely at that point.  Learning to spot these signposts and then to question their thinking enables readers to explore the text, finding evidence to support their interpretations.  In short, these close reading strategies will help your children to become more careful readers.  We will use them every time we read in 5th grade.  Next week, we will begin our Schoolwide curriculum, and begin to establish routines and procedures.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns at all.  

Cheers ~

“Children see magic because they look for it.” 

― Christopher Moore

Egg Drop Day ~ the Roof!!

We had SEVEN carriers make it to the roof in all of 5th grade, and THREE of those carriers survived the drop!!  AMAZING!!

As I share these final pictures with you, I want to first thank all of you for sharing in this experience with us - we had over 250 views of the blog throughout the day :)  That's a record for 5-2...by hundreds!  You all must be pretty special parents to be so invested in your children that you want to follow along with our excitement all day :).  So, thank you!

I also want to say how very impressed I was by your children's good sportsmanship today - I was blown away by how encouraging they all were of each other, cheering one another on and really hoping for the best in each design!!  There was no frustrating defeat, only cheerful support of one another :)  The entire class cheered excitedly every time an Egg Carrier was successful, and offered only kind words and hugs when one didn't make it.  It was an incredible day, and I felt privileged to be a part of it.  Kudos to all of you for raising such delightful children!!  And thank you!  This is going to be a great year!!

Egg Drop Day ~ Round 2!!

There were TWO 5-2 Egg Carriers that made it to the 2nd round!!  Congratulations!!

They had to survive the 2nd round to make it to the roof!

Egg Drop Day ~ Round 1!!

There are A LOT of pictures here :) but I wanted to be sure to capture every child's drop.  They are in order - if you're looking for your child, scroll through the pictures until you see your child's Egg Carrier number on the whiteboard Mrs. Muhr is holding, then the picture following show Mrs. Tranter giving a thumbs up or a thumbs down so you know if they made it.